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How was your first period after surgery? More painful?? Less painful??? Heavier ? Lighter?

Got mine today and omg I'm extremely bloated , feeling sick to my stomach, cramps are on over kill.. its just simply horrible

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I got my sleeve on 2/29 and I just got period two days ago. It's been almost normal! I've always had very painful periods so this was no different!!! The only thing that bothered me is that I couldn't do Ibuprofen and had to stick to tylenol which for me doesn't work as well as far as periods go! I have 3 really close friends that got the sleeve, and for them their first periods post op where heavier.

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I have an iud & hadn't had a period in 3 yrs. The day after surgery I started bleeding like crazy for almost 3 wks then this month -about 4 wks since surgery- I got my period again & it was super heavy. So bummed!! Loooved not having it. Hope it goes away again!!!

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I just got mine today and it is heavier but my issue with the new periods are getting horrible back pain 2 days b4 it starts.. does anyone else have this issue with their periods and tell me what causes it? I also hate the fact we can only take tylenol for the pain.. oh and mine usually last about a full week... so for me the time of the month sucks and I just finally gained a pound today after two months post op.. so that was a little disappointing but I know it is just bloating so not too worried about it.. I also find that I want to eat more around this time...Does anyone else feel this way?

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YES MY PERIODS ARE HEAVIER AFTER SURGERY BUT THE CRAMPS ARE THE SAME. I HAD TO STOP MY BCP TWO WEEKS AFTER SURGERY SO I BLEED ALOT RIGHT AFTER, BUT I'M BACK ON THEM AND MY CYCLE IS HEAVIER, I WAS TOLD NO ALEVE BECAUSE OF ULCERS AND TYLENOL SUCKS.

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Tylenol is the only thing that is approved by the doctor. Anything else can cause excess bleeding. Ibuprofen thins the blood.

My question is: Can we take other things besides tylenol later on after surgery or is Tylenol it forever?

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I just got mine today and it is heavier but my issue with the new periods are getting horrible back pain 2 days b4 it starts.. does anyone else have this issue with their periods and tell me what causes it? I also hate the fact we can only take tylenol for the pain.. oh and mine usually last about a full week... so for me the time of the month sucks and I just finally gained a pound today after two months post op.. so that was a little disappointing but I know it is just bloating so not too worried about it.. I also find that I want to eat more around this time...Does anyone else feel this way?

Some of us just have back cramps instead of stomach ones. I always have and then when I had my children, yep I had back labor instead of stomach labor. With my first one, my stomach got really hard, but it was my back that hurt, not my stomach! I had to call a friend to make sure I was really in labor.....so with number 2 I knew the drill. :wub:

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How was your first period after surgery? More painful?? Less painful??? Heavier ? Lighter?

Got mine today and omg I'm extremely bloated ' date=' feeling sick to my stomach, cramps are on over kill.. its just simply horrible[/quote']

I just had my first period after surgery and it was not the norm! Very heavy and passing a lot of clots (sorry gross I know). If I was sitting for any length of time, when I stood up I literally had to sprint to the bathroom. I really pray things go back to normal!

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My first 3 periods post op were heavy, clotty and very painful. They last longer now and my back (lower) hurts more now. My doc says no Ibu forever. I take liquid tylenol now and it just has to do. My cramps have always been bad and still are, but those first three times post op were worse. I also have raging chocolate cravings now around that TOM. oy vey.

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Well, I guess I am a bit different in this case. My periods are very rarely painful and no difference there after surgery. Though it wasn't lighter/heaier, it was 2 days shorter. Have to see if there is any difference this month.

Q: Do you ladies think having irregular periods before surgery is what causes the first few periods to be heavier/more painful or something? I used to have irregular periods and then a few years back got some medication for it and started getting regular periods.

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My periods have been more regular, but right after surgery it was way overdue...like by 3 weeks. no extra cramps or bleeding here. its nice to know when to expect it now....and everytime it comes I know that when it is done I will lose some weight big time...this last period I lost 7.4 pounds in the week following it....oh yeah!

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